WEF Industry News
Date : 01-23-2012 Industry News – Electro Scan Inc. Announces New Products to Overhaul Sewer Pipeline Evaluation Market Electro Scan Inc. today announced the availability of the ES-38TM for Sewer Laterals. The ES-38TM is the first in a series of next generation sewer evaluation products for plumbers and sewer utilities to identify and quantify pipe [...]
Read More »New Products to Overhaul Sewer Evaluation Market
Electro Scan Inc. Announces Products to Overhaul Sewer Evaluation Market New ES-38TM Finds All Defects That Cause Leaks in Sewers; Electro Scan Technology 3-5x More Effective Than CCTV SACRAMENTO, Calif., January 23, 2012 – Electro Scan Inc. today announced the availability of the ES-38TM for Sewer Laterals. The ES-38TM is the first in a series of next [...]
Read More »Calif. Assemby Bill 741 Takes Effect January 1st 2012
AB-741 ’The Huffman Bill’ Takes Effect Today to Help Prevent Groundwater Contamination New Law Gives California Sewer Utilities More Financial Control Over Repair and Replacement of Sewer Laterals SACRAMENTO, CA – Signed into law on July 26, 2011 by Governor Jerry Brown, authored by Assembly member Jared Huffman (D-San Rafael), AB-741 goes into effect today to prevent sewage [...]
Read More »Electro Scan Inc. Adopts Cloud to Run Back Office
Electro Scan Inc. Selects Cloud Vendors Intacct, Rackspace, and Salesforce.com for Back Office SACRAMENTO, Calif., December 1, 2011 – Chuck Hansen announced today the selection of a suite of cloud computing Software as a Service (SaaS) hosted solutions to support his new company’s back office data processing. Electro Scan Inc., a leader in Software as [...]
Read More »Chuck Hansen Buys Majority Stake in Electro Scan Inc.
Chuck Hansen Acquires Majority Stake in Electro Scan Inc.; Purchases Assets of Leak Busters, Inc. and PDQ Scan, Inc. Company to Provide Next Generation Leak Detection Technology Challenging Legacy CCTV Cameras to Evaluate Sewer Mains, Laterals, and Service Connections SACRAMENTO, Calif., November 18, 2011– Chuck Hansen announced today that he has acquired a majority stake [...]
Read More »Roto-Rooter Accused of Billing for Unneeded Work
Roto-Rooter accused of billing for unneeded work Article by: NICOLE NORFLEET | Updated: November 14, 2011 – 9:34 PM Suit comes amid scrutiny of plumbing giant’s practices. A Crystal woman and a Minneapolis couple are suing plumbing giant Roto-Rooter, accusing the company of pressuring customers into paying for unnecessary repairs. In the complaint, filed Monday [...]
Read More »Electro Scan Inc. Incorporates in Delaware
Electro Scan Inc. Incorporates in the State of Delaware SACRAMENTO, Calif., October 31, 2011 – Electro Scan Inc. announces its incorporation in the State of Delaware as an S Corporation, in preparation for targeted acquisitions in the U.S. sewer industry. Plans to move the company’s operations were not disclosed.
Read More »Ofwat Transfers UK Sewer Laterals to Water Cos.
Ofwat Transfers Ownership of All Public & Private Sewer Laterals to Water Companies of England & Wales SACRAMENTO, Calif., October 1, 2011 – Beginning today ownership of all UK private sewers and lateral drains were transferred to water companies pursuant to the Water Services Regulation Authority (Ofwat) 2011 Water Industry Regulations, Schemes for Adoption of [...]
Read More »EPA Publishes Field Inspection Benchmark Results
U.S. EPA Publishes Landmark Benchmark Report Comparing CCTV to Electro Scanning SACRAMENTO, Calif., August 15, 2011 – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today released a landmark benchmark comparison of CCTV v. Electro Scanning showing that the electro scan process found more than twice as many leaks in sanitary sewer mains, than CCTV. Hosted by [...]
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